You probably wouldn't want to live a stress-free life: stress is often also a source of great meaning in people's lives. Stress doesn't necessarily cause bad ef

You probably wouldn't want to live a stress-free life: stress is often also a source of great meaning in people's lives. Stress doesn't necessarily cause bad effects (threat response), it also causes good things (challenge response). And the rats in these studies are usually essentially tortured (which is definitely something to avoid). I highly recommend everyone look at the book "The Upside of Stress", the Ted Talk is here: https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...